INTRODUCTION
Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, who rose to power during the 1950s, once referred to émigrés as gusanos, which meant “worms,” and scoria, which translates to “trash.” In recent speeches, Castro referred to these individuals as “the Miami Mafia.” Indeed, the greatest impact of the 1959 Cuban Revolution was the profound impact in had on Cuban migration to America. They emigrated in droves as millions of them flocked to the United States. The majority of these émigrés settled in Miami, Florida. Although the majority of Cuban immigrants migrated within the latter half of the twentieth century, the presence Continue reading...
